Prewelt shoe



July A7, 1942.

J. FAussE U 2,288,615

PREWELT sHoE Filed June 4, 1941 Patented July 7, 1942 2,288,615 PREWELT SHOE Joseph Fausse, Melrose, Mass., assigner to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Flemington, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application June 4, 1941, Serial No. 396,594

(Cl. Sti-17) 9 Claims.

This invention relates. to prewelt shoe manufacture and is herein illustrated in its application to the manufacture of prewelt shoes having insoles which are securely fastened to the welted margin of the upper, thus rendering the shoe repairable.

Shoesrof this type, shown in prior patents, are for the most part expensive to manufacture and for that reason not commercially practical. It is an object of the present invention to provide a shoe of this type which costs little more to manufacture than prewelt shoes having the socalled floating insole while possessing the advantages of repairability and capacity for maintenance of shape of shoes of more expensive construction.

With the above object in view, the present invention comprises a prewelt shoe having weltattaching means and filler-attaching means both of which extend from the insole hcightwise of the shoe between the welt and the filler, the weltattaching means extending outwardly between the welt and the outsole and theller-attaching means extending inwardly between the filler and the outsole. As herein illustrated, the welt-attaching means and ller-attaching ymeans is flexible fabric of a type which maybe securely bonded to leather or to a felt ller material bycement.

In one form of the invention, the insole is provided with marginal slits at opposite sides thereof through which the welt-attaching and fillerattaching tapes extend. Preferably, the slit portion is the outsole-facing portion of a laminated insole which may be constructed of thin leatherboard or other inexpensive material. In another illustrated construction, a prewelt shoe is provided with an insole having means Isecured thereto arranged to form a rib between the filler and the welt against which the welted margin of the upper is lasted, and means extending heightwise of the shoe between the welt and the filler and both outwardly between the welt and the outsole and inwardly between'the outsole and the filler. In another construction herein: illustrated, an insole is provided with an integral rib constructed attaching tapes and arranged to be positioned between the welt and the filler of a prewelt shoe, a member secured to the rib and extending outwardly between the welt and the outsole, and another mempanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a laminated insole embodying features of thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-II of Fig. 1, the end portions of the strip I8 being shown turned inwardly; y

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of one side of a prewelt shoe provided with an insole, such as that illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is across-sectional View of one Side of a prewelt shoe illustrating an alternative "construction;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a fragment of an insole and a ller illustrating another alternative construction; and

Fig. 6 iS a cross-sectional View of one side of a prewelt shoe illustrating a construction similar to that shown in Fig. 4.

In Figs. 1 and 2 there is illustrated an insole comprising laminations I0 and I2, the` latter of which provides the foot-facing surface of the insole. The lamination Ill is provided with marginal slits I4 extending parallel to the edge of the insole and spaced inwardly to such an extent that they are located adjacent to the edge of the lasting margin of the upper in the finished shoe. The illustrated insole has six such slits, three at each side of the insole, at the forepart, at the shank and at -the heel portion. Extending widthwise of the shoe, for securing the insole to the welt and to the filler, there are three welt- IIi and three filler-attaching tapes i8. These tapes are positioned between the laminations of the insole and arranged in pairs, as seen in Fig. l, and so located that their end portions may extend upwardly through the slits I4. Referring to Fig. 3, each welt-attaching tape I6 extends heightwise of the shoe between the inner edge face of a welt 2l] and the edge face of a ller 22 and is turned outwardly and positioned on the sole-attaching face of the welt to which it may be secured in any known manner, for example, by cement. Each liner-attaching tape I8 extends heightwise of the Shoe adjacent to its companion welt-attaching tape between the inner edge face of the welt 20 and the edge face of the ller 22 and is turned inwardly and positicned on the sole-attaching face of the filler to which it is secured, preferably bycement.

In Fig. 4, there is illustrated an alternative construction in which an insole 24 has cemented to the margin of its filler-attaching face a tape 26 toy which a second and somewhat wider tape is stitched in such a way as to provide a folded rib 28 and marginal portions 30 and 32, the former of which extends heightwise of the shoe between the rib 28 and the inner edge face of a welt 34 and outwardly between the welt and an outsole 36 while the marginal portion 32 extends heightwise of the shoe between the rib 28 and the edge face of a filler 38 and inwardly between the ller and the outsole. Preferably the tape is coextensive with the welt 34, terminating at the breast line in shoes which are not welted around the heel portion. The rib 28 and the marginal portions and 32 are preferably cemented together to provide an abutment against which the welted margin of the upper is lasted.

Referring now to Fig. 5, illustrating another alternative construction, an insole 4I] is incised about its margin to provide a ap 42 which is turned upwardly to provide a rib to which there are secured welt-attaching tapes 44 and fillerattaching tapes 46 which are secured to the welt and the ller respectively, as in the construction illustrated in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 6 there is illustrated another construction similar to that shown in Fig. 4. An insole 48 has cemented to the margin of its filler-attaching face, a tape 50 to which a second tape is secured by a sewn seam 52 extending longitudinally of the tape through its central portion. 'Ihe opposite side portions of the tape are turned upwardly to provide a welt-attaching portion 54 and a ller-attaching portion 5t.

In the manufacture of the shoes above described, a prewelt upper is lasted over an insole on a last bottom by a machine such, for example, as that illustrated in United States Letters Patent No. 2,045,595, granted June 30, 1936, on an application of Hall et al., which is provided with lasting wipers which operate within the welt crease of the upper. While the upper is held lasted by the wipers,V the welt-attaching tapes are wiped outwardly against the sole-attaching face of the welt and cement-attached thereto. A filler is then placed on the central portion of the insole and the ller-attaching tapes are wiped inwardly upon the outsole-attaching surface of the ller and cement-attached thereto. After the cement has set, the outsole is secured to the shoe bottom in any known manner. It may, for example, be preliminarily attached to the shoe bottom by cement while the shoe is still held in the lasting machine and thereafter secured to the welt by stitches or, alternatively, the outsole may be permanently secured by cement in a machine, such, for example, as that illustrated in United States Letters Patent No. 2,047,185, granted July 14, 1936, in the name of Ballard et al.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A prewelt shoe having an insole, a filler, and an outsole characterized by welt-attaching means and filler-attaching means both of which extend from the insole heightwise of the shoe between the welt and the filler, the welt-attaching means extending outwardly between the welt and the outsole and the filler-attaching means v outsole and another such portion extending i-nwardly between the filler and the outsole.

3. A prewelt shoe having a ller and an outsole characterized by an insole having marginal slits at opposite sides thereof, flexible strips extending through said slits and extending heightwise of the shoe between the welt and the ller and outwardly between the welt and the outsole and other such strips extending through said slits and extending heightwise of the shoe between the welt and the ller and inwardly between the ller and the outsole.

4. A prewelt shoe having a filler and an outsole characterized by a laminated insole, one lamination of which is provided with marginal slits, tapes extending widthwise of the shoe between the laminations of the insole, heightwise of the shoe through said slits, and between the welt and the ller, one ofsaid tapes extending outwardly between the welt and the outsole, and another extending inwardly between the ller and the outsole,

5. A prewelt shoe having a ller and an outf sole characterized by a laminated insole having marginal slits in the forepart, in the shank, and in the heel portion, three pairs of tapes extending Vwidthwise of the shoe between the laminations of the insole in the regions of said slits Y and heightwise of the shoe through said slits and between the welt and the filler, one tape of each pair extending outwardly between the welt and the outsole and the other extending inwardly between the ller and the outsole.

6. A prewelt shoe having an insole, a filler, and an outsole characterized by means secured to the insole and extending heightwise of the shoe between the welt and the ller, one portion of said means extending outwardly between the welt and the outsole, and another portion of said means extending inwardly between the ller and the outsole.

7. A prewelt shoe having an insole, a ller, and an outsole characterized by means secured to the insole and extending heightwise of the shoe between the welt and the ller and outwardly between the welt and the outsole, means secured to the insole and extending heightwise of the shoe between the welt and the filler and inwardly between the filler and the outsole, and a rib between said rst-mentioned means and said last-mentioned means.

8. A prewelt shoe having a ller and an outsole characterized by an insole having a rib positioned between the welt and the ller, a weltattaching member extending heightwise of the shoe between the rib and the welt and outwardly between the welt and the outsole, and a fillerattaching member extending heightwise of the shoe between the rib and the ller and inwardly between the filler and the outsole.

9. A prewelt shoe having a ller and an outsole characterized by an insole having an integral rib positioned between the welt and the ller, a member secured to the rib and extending outwardly between the welt and the outsole, and another member secured to the rib and extending inwardly between the filler and the outsole.

JOSEPH FAUSSE. 

